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Future Forum North: NHS Confederation chief says ICBs 'doomed' without thinking change

Future Forum North: NHS Confederation chief says ICBs 'doomed' without thinking change

By Paul Marinko | 05 December 2025

The chief executive of NHS Confederation has said Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are ‘doomed’ unle...

Future Forum North: Time for mayors to deliver

By Martin Ford | 05 December 2025

Now is the time for mayors to deliver, the newly-appointed envoy for the Northern Growth Corridor...

Future Forum North: Hold your values steady

By Dan Peters | 05 December 2025

The chair of senior officers’ group Solace has told leaders to hold their values steady amid incr...

Future Forum North: Councils urged to take 'grown up' approach to partnership boundaries

By Paul Marinko | 05 December 2025

Councils have been urged to take a ‘grown up’ approach and ‘lean into’ the boundaries that work f...

Complex Whitehall funding system marred pandemic support, inquiry hears

By Joe Lepper | 05 December 2025

Councils’ delivery of pandemic support schemes was marred by Whitehall’s complex funding system a...

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frederica-diamanta

Deputy Director of Education and Inclusion

up to £123K

As the Deputy Director of Education and Inclusion, your leadership will foster collaboration among Education Leaders and Partners. Apply for this job

Oxfordshire County Council

Town Clerk

£74,454 - £89,081

Biggleswade Town Council is looking to appoint a highly motivated and forward-thinking Town Clerk, to drive its services forward. Apply for this job

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Harnessing defence in Hunts

'As Huntingdonshire grapples with reorganisation, the district council is working hard to ensure unique defence opportunities to boost growth in the region come to fruition. Paul Marinko reports.'

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Urging for a fairer urban future

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'Parliamentary chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA) Sally Jameson warns that changes in the fair funding reforms are set to slash millions from deprived urban areas next year. Ann McGauran reports.'

By Ann McGauran | 17 November 2025
How to prepare for a smooth, safe and compliant PFI handback

How to prepare for a smooth, safe and compliant PFI handback

By Lorna Kenyon-Pain | 02 December 2025

Emma Beynon, Alex Lawrence and Lorna Kenyon-Pain look at the issues around handback of Private Fi...

Thank You for the Music: how the public profits from venue legacy

By Amy Casterton | 01 December 2025

When investment informs both a purpose-driven programme and building design, venues will leave la...

Why we dare to care

By Karen Fuller | 27 November 2025

Karen Fuller relates how Oxfordshire has taken a bold stand, driving the sweeping transformation ...

People, not maps

By Pam Parkes | 09 December 2025

Pam Parkes fears structures are being locked into reorganisation without factoring in workforce c...

Districts should look carefully at the creation of new town and city councils

By Ian Miller | 08 December 2025

Where public and political demand exist, districts have bandwidth now to focus on creating town o...

Harnessing defence in Hunts

By Paul Marinko | 03 December 2025

As Huntingdonshire grapples with reorganisation, the district council is working hard to ensure u...

There is a need for change within Whitehall itself

By Dr Catherine Howe | 03 December 2025

Catherine Howe says the people driving change in local places are not turning the same focus on t...